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dr. A.J.J. Braaksma (Jan)

Associate Professor

About Me

Jan Braaksma is associate professor in the chair of Maintenance Engineering at the University of Twente. He is the director of the WCM Summer School part of World Class Maintenance. He is operational projectleader in the SIRA research project on Systems Integration for Railway Advancement. He has worked for the University of Groningen (RuG) and the Dutch Defense Academy (NLDA). He holds a Master’s degree in Business and ICT and a PhD degree in Economics and Business. Jan’s research focuses on Asset Management and Maintenance Engineering with special attention for sustainable Asset Management, Asset Life Cycle Planning, systems integration and Design for Maintenance.

Expertise

Business & Economics
Asset Management
Assets
Life Cycle
Life Cycle Management
Railway
Engineering & Materials Science
Industry
Life Cycle
Predictive Maintenance

Research

Jan’s research focuses on Asset Management with a special attention for  Asset Life Cycle Planning, Maintenance Engineering, Systems integration, Design for Maintenance and the circular economy.

Publications

Recent
Ramtahalsing, M. M. , Haanstra, W. , Braaksma, J. , Rajabalinejad, M. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (2021). Systems Control in Railway Transport, Challenges Towards Managing Integration. In 10th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Service Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
Ramtahalsing, M. M., Kuiper-Hutten, L. , Haanstra, W. , Braaksma, J. , Rajabalinejad, M. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (2021). Climate Change in Dutch Railway Infrastructure: Towards a Framework for Adaptation Strategies. In 10th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Service Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
Ton, B. , Basten, R., Bolte, J. , Braaksma, J., Bucchianico, A. D., Calseyde, P. V. D., Grooteman, F., Heskes, T., Jansen, N., Teeuw, W. , Tinga, T. , & Stoelinga, M. (2020). PrimaVera: Synergising Predictive Maintenance. Applied Sciences, 10(23), 1-19. [8348]. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10238348
Jakubeit, N. , Rajabalinejad, M. , Braaksma, J. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (2020). Collaborative Decision-Making Challenges in the Dutch Railway System. In G. A. Boy, A. Guegan, D. Krob, & V. Vion (Eds.), Complex Systems Design & Management: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Complex Systems Design & Management, CSD&M Paris 2019 (pp. 193-193). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34843-4_18
Wu, S. K. , Braaksma, A. J. J. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (Accepted/In press). Innovation Management in outsourced railway maintenance: the case of a Dutch railway service provider. In S. Singh, A. Martinetti, A. Majumdar, & L. A. M. van Dongen (Eds.), Transportation Systems: Managing Performance through Advanced Maintenance Engineering (pp. 133-170). (Asset Analytics - Performance and Safety Management). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9323-6_9
Moerman, J-J. , Braaksma, A. J. J. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (2019). Assessing the Potential for Resilient Performance in Rolling Stock Maintenance: The Pitstop Case. In S. Singh, A. Martinetti, A. Majumdar, & L. A. M. van Dongen (Eds.), Transportation Systems: Managing Performance through Advanced Maintenance Engineering (pp. 195-215). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9323-6_12
Haanstra, W., Gelpke, R. , Braaksma, A. J. J., Karakoc, I., & Den Hartog, C. (Accepted/In press). Integrating sustainability in asset management decision making: A case study on streamlined life cycle assessment in asset procurement. Paper presented at 25th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, CIRED 2019, Madrid, Spain.

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Education

Coordinator professional course / Master Class Maintenance Engineering & Management

Director WCM Summer School on Maintenance Management & Engineering

Projectleader SIRA - Systems Integration for Railway Advancement

Coordinator Research center (TIME) Twente is Maintenance Excellence

Coordinator Master’s course (MEM) Maintenance Engineering & Management and attached PDEng course Maintenance Engineering & Management for PDEng (201500454)

 

Affiliated Study Programmes

Master

Courses Academic Year  2022/2023

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
 

Courses Academic Year  2021/2022

Projects

Co-promotor in the following (PhD and PDEng) research project(s):

ir. Arno Kok (AMICO) with NS

Henrike Holwerda (SAMEN) with Alliander

Jan-jaap Moerman (Primavera) with NWO (as post-doc)

ir. Nina Jakubeit (SIRA) with NS and ProRail

Merishna Ramtahalsing (SIRA) with NS and ProRail

ir. Dr.ir. Willem Haanstra (SIRA) with NS and ProRail (as post-doc)


Past (PhD/PDeng) projects:

Jan-Jaap Moerman, on Smooth introduction Next Generation Trains in cooperation with NedTrain.

Dr.ir. Willem Haanstra, on TCO/LCC in cooperation with Alliander 

Sukon Wu, PDEng, on Advanced Maintenance Planning in cooperation with Strukton.

Dr. Wieger Tiddens, on Advanced Diagnostics and Prognostics in cooperation with NLR and Dutch Defense Academy 

Dr. Richard Ruitenburg, on Asset Life Cycle planning in cooperation with Alliander

Contact Details

Visiting Address

University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands

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Mailing Address

University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands